UN Women’s 2026 Gender Snapshot: Progress on Women’s Political Leadership Is Stalling
Originally published on The Diplomatic Insight, IPDS’s sister publication. IPDS is pleased to showcase this report by the TDI News Desk.
Ahead of the UN General Assembly’s 81st High-Level Week, UN Women’s Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2026 finds that women’s political leadership is not just failing to advance but regressing in several countries – even as the UN begins the process of choosing its tenth Secretary-General, a post no woman has held in 81 years.
